It is of interest that the highest milk drinker (not plotted) who drank
glasses of milk per day, had only 64 uwuc cst 37 gram K.
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We postulate that
heavy milk drinkers get less Potassium and Cesium from other (non-milk) sources,
than
do
low milk
drinkers.
Hence,
the
correlation
between
total
body
Cesium and milk consumption is only moderate.
The average Cesium to Potassium ratio measured in adults living in Sait
Lake City is 67 wuc cs 3 gram K.
Anderson?) has
reported an average value
of 44 wuc cs!3? ygram Potassium for persons in the United States.
Mitter(6)
reports an average value of 34 uuc cs }3? rgram K for 13 persons from the
Chicago area, 32 uuc Cs 137 pgram K for 5 Europeans,
and 14.6 wuc 537 ¢gram K
for 11 persons from Central and South America.
It is apparent that the
average Cesium value measured in
people living in
Salt
greater than the average of the
rest
of
the
United
Lake City,
States.
Utah,
is
The Strontium
concentrations of 34.6 uc sro gram Ca in the soil in Salt Lake City is about
double the average Strontium concentration of
United states ‘?),
14.7 wuc sr? gram Ca for the
The proximity of Salt Lake City to the Nevada atomic bomb
test area may be responsible for the higher concentrations of these fallout
radioelements.
Accuracy of Measurement
To evaluate the statistical
accuracy of our measurements, three subjects
(D.H.T., B.W.G., and C.W.M.) were each measured six times and their computed
values of Potassium and Cesium are as follows: